The army said soldiers found 300 kg of ketamine and three guns after searching the alleged smugglers. Photo: @armypr_news/Twitter
11 January 2023
Thai soldiers killed six suspected drug smugglers in a shoot-out in a jungle in northern...
Image of Thai-Myanmar border where, according to army officials, Thai soldiers have killed 15 suspected drug smugglers as they attempted to cross into northern Thailand.
09 December 2022
Thai soldiers have killed 15 suspected drug smugglers as they attempted to cross into...
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10 June 2022
Thai authorities present 200 kilograms of crystal meth they say was seized after being...
A Myanmar official wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) stands in front of a pile of methamphetamine pills during a 'Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs', held to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 June 2020.Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
25 January 2021
The alleged ringleader of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most...
Foreign military attachés check drugs in a football ground where seized drugs, vehicles, laboratory accessories and precursor chemicals are being displayed to be witnessed by invited military attachés and journalists in Kawnghka at Shan State on March 6, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
09 March 2020
Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out in endless rows in a remote Myanmar...
A Cambodian animal keeper carries a male pangolin at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Takeo province, Cambodia. Photo: EPA
22 February 2020
If we are looking to find the culprits behind Myanmar’s wildlife trafficking trade, then...
This photo taken on September 20, 2019 shows a giant Buddha on the Thai side of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai province, with Myanmar in the background and Laos on the right. Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea. Photo: Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
12 January 2020
Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over...
Chasing the drug kingpin - Thailand's narcotics police found 36 kilograms (79 pounds) of crystallised methamphetamine known as "ice" hidden in the metal frames of treadmills about to be shipped to Japan, while another 122 kilograms (25 pounds) were stored in cardboard boxes (AFP Photo/Handout)
16 November 2019
Chinese drug police are working with Mekong countries to strike at the heart of a mega-...
An aerial view of Gongren village, literally workers' village, built in 1953 while now is a well-known place for prostitutes and drug addicts in Gejiu, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AFP
11 March 2019
The province of Yunnan, a major front in China's anti-drug campaign as it borders the...
Seized bags of crystal methamphetamine. Photo: EPA
18 February 2019
A massive haul of nearly 300 kilograms of methamphetamine pills was seized in central...
People wait beside the Mekong River (or Lancang River within China) on the Chinese side as a boat crosses from Myanmar in Guanlei, in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture which borders Myanmar and Laos in China's southwest Yunnan province. Photo: AFP
19 December 2018
Chinese and Thai companies signed three documents on Monday at northern Thailand's Chiang...
Methamphetamine pills. Photo: EPA
18 December 2018
Thai authorities seized more than 18 million meth pills in the drug-riddled "Golden...

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